Marriage Plates

Sacred plates with a circular well in the centre to hold
sweetmeats. They were painted for bridal festivities by Maestro
Georgio, Orazio Fontane, and other artists of Urbino and Gubbio, Pesaro
and Pavia, Castelli and Savona, Faenza and Ferrara, and all the other
art towns of Italy. These plates were hung upon the walls, and looked
on with superstitious awe as household gods. They were painted in
polychrome, and the chief design was some scriptural subject, like
Rebecca and Isaac.